I wrote down names of Illustrators and some Photographers that I thought would be helpful with my inspiration within this project. I have wrote small descriptions on some of them as to remember what they pieces looked like in order to be able to find them online as there was no photography allowed in the exhibitions.
First of all when I got to Somerset house I saw a book that I liked the illustrations of on the front. There was also a big version of the illustrations up on the wall which caught my eye. The illustrators name is Harriet Russell. The book is called: Sixty impossible things before lunch. I think I am going to try and buy this book as every page I looked at through out the book gave me more and more inspiration as the style and look of her work is similar to mine and what I like to create.
All images from http://www.harrietrussell.co.uk/
Book cover of Sixty impossibly things before lunch.
Editorial for National public radio - general promo for npr's summer books.
Notes that I took on the book:
'Like the illustrations and colours used, kind of like my style of drawing and I like the type-writer text that is used. good contrast. I like the detail used, simple, funny, illustrative, block colours, interesting to look at all the way through.'
Other artistst that I wrote down are:
Shane Noonan - Fox Fur.
Fox in human skin hands around it - making light on animal cruelty of the fur trade - turning the tables, how would we like it? I found the piece interesting and straight away I knew what this would link to, even without looking at the description, it is straight to the point, it still looks a friendly piece but with a lot of meaning. Works so well and in a lovely style of illustration which is why this piece initally caught my eye.
After looking further into Shane Noonan I have dicovered a new illustrator that I really like. I looked at his website which on the directory shows he has drawn some portraits. These portraits aren't what I would usually look at for this type of research but by looking through his other works I have seen his few different styles of his use of colour within his work too.
Kate Winslet
I carried on looking through his site and found the album of Olympic House Party and within that there is many plain drawings of buildings in London, including Buckingham Palace and the Business Design Centre. I really like these because of the simplicity used, it's not all perfectly in line but in good proportion which I think here is what is really important.
Lizzie May Cullen
I saw a piece at Somerset House called Lightwells at Somerset. But after looking at her website I found this:
If you go on to her site (as you may not see here) the detail in every single part of this, and all of her work in this style too! I just love all that is going on in this, along with the white of the road which gives the busy of the rest of the work to have a break on the eye. It draws you in bringing you into the piece. Another reason why I like this is because of how gaps have been filled, in a previous project I have used waves (as I was basing my piece on surfboards) so it fitted the theme well but on this she has used them to fill spaces and to create that dream like feel to the piece. If you know London you will know this is real, but along with the waves and line detail it almost looks like its a fairytale.
Jill Tytherleigh - The floating cinema 'Puff' Pattern single unit.
This painting (which looked like a photograph until up close and reading the decription) Acrylic on linen.
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